Western Americana Safari

Rare Copper medal for Gold Rush, 1842, Placerita Canyon. Californians celebrated the centennial in grand style, and Newhall residents didn't shr...

1) Taylor Plumas Mill and Mining Company. No. 960, issued for 100 shares to JR Kennedy on April 15th, 1886. Signed by the president (Robinson) and sec

Extra rare pre-1900 Randsburg. Inc. in California. No. 76, issued for 40 shares to Emma. D. Ely on March 27th, 1899. Randsburg dateline. Signed by A.W

Five pound bond No. 82 issued to Dr. Leonard W. Sedgwick on Sept. 5, 1895. Signed by the company directors and secretary. Three pence revenue imprint.

H. S. Homans was a Notary Public and Commissioner of Deeds for the Nevada Territory. (What is a Nevada Territory Commissioner of Deeds doing in San Fr

Much attention paid to San Francisco one year after the great earthquake. Also articles on Leadville, Cripple Creek, Butte, etc. Cover missing. Spine

Dated December 21, 1896 correspondence to Eureka, Nevada on payment. California Powder Works was the first American explosive powder manufacturing com

Rare Ventura County, California. Inc. in 1899. Dateline Santa Paula, Cal., July 39th, 1901. No. 65, issued for 100 shares to C.M. Hardison. Signed by

Location: Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California. Dateline San Francisco, Feb. 11, 1889. No. 147, issued for 1,633 shares to CF Frost, the manager of t

Two certificates for the William Tell Consolidated Gold Mining Company, datelined Sierra City, California, 1891. No. 41, issued for 50,000 shares! and

Location of works: Placer Mining in the County of Sierra, Cal. Dateline North San Juan, Nevada County, California. No. 114, issued for 17 shares to H.

Alleghany Mining District, Sierra County. 1) Plumbago Gold Mine Company Stock Certificate. Certificate No. C11, issued for 1,375 shares to Joseph Penn

Early Sierra County. Inc. in Kentucky. No. 426, issued for 100 shares to A.H. Allen on March 3, 1881. Signed by CC Attenbury (President) and the secre

100 shares made out to F. E. Luty, Trustee for the Company dated August 30, 1876. The Company was capitalized at $10,000,000; 100,000 shares at $100 e

Number 2 is the rarest of the Silver Prize Stock Certificates. 25 shares No. 10 dated August 15th 1863 to Frank Cooper. Incorporated August 3rd 1863 a

Stock certificate #52 dated September 28th 1863 for 10 shares made out to Frank Cooper. Cooper was a partner in Stroebel, Fleig & Co. a meat mar...

1897. Full of detail in maps and history. 22 X 19". State: California City: Sonora Date: 1897 FHWAC#: 41850

Lot of 4. 1) The Sanchez and Soledad Gold & Silver Consolidated Mining Company. Mines in the Mojave Mining District. No. 705, issued in 1883 for...

Lot of two. 1) Roosevelt Mining & Milling Company. Inc. in CA. No. 484, issued for 100 shares to Geo. C. Auderegg on June 2, 1903. Signed by the...

1) Wee-Wee Antic Gold, Silver and Copper Mining Company, Stockton Gopher District. Datelined September 14, 1863. Incorporated July 30th, 1863 and capi

Very Early certificate # 10 to Harlow Nettleton for 100 shares datelined Stone Ranch and dated October 10, 1863. The company was incorporated July 186

Panning Started in 1850 in this now ghost town located on highway 20, west of Grass Valley where highway 49 intersects highway 20. This area was the s

Rare mine dredging certificate. Inc. in California. No. 28, issued for 2,250 shares on Dec. 4th, 1909. Signed by the vice-president (W.J. Baker) and t

This is the first time we have seen this certificate. Incorporated July 11, 1863 and capitalized at $540,000; 2700 shares at $200 per. Certificate 104

Lot of 4 different. Included: the highly-attractive Tuolumne County Water Company stock (1854, cut cancelled) with the gorgeous half-page placer minin

Never seen by us. 16 pp .9.25 x 6". Paper wrapper; includes a foldout cross sectional plan of the mine with a table of assays performed by Tho...

This has never been seen by this company and we could find little information on it. Incorporated Dec. 20, 1862 and capitalized at $260,400; 1736 shar

Cert. #86, issued in 1891 to T.E. Rowan, trustee and signed by Rowan as president. Location of mine: Oro Grande Mining Dist. Printed at top left. Comp

Certificate No. 354 for 10 shares of stock dated March 26, 1879 and made out to M. Gluebetich. Incorporated in San Francisco on July 27, 1876 and capi

Calaveras County. No. 921 datelined Stockton, California, December 10, 1873 for 250 shares to J. W. Roaer. Incorporated October 16th, 1873 and capital

Group of original glass negatives and prints from the Jeffrey Mine, White Mountains, Inyo County, California. Approximately 20 photographs separated f

Incorporated February 1877. Stock Certificate #3 dated March 6, 1877 for 100 shares to James Lolley. Signed by the President, R. B. Symington and F. A

Location of Works: Hites Cove, California, which is in Mariposa County near Yosemite. Inc. in California, January 6th, 1881. No. 166, issued for 100 s

RARE! Siskiyou County has the distinction of the first gold discovery in Northern California. Dr. Hearn made the first discovery (Tthe Pine Tree) on Y

9 Photographs of the American River and dredging operations on various places including the North Fork Ditch Settling Pond (behind and beyond Monte Re

Not real nuggets--Come to Sacramento Convention Capital; Path of Gold, San Francisco, 1916; Pioneer Frisco. State: California City:

Five California gold pan souvenirs. State: California City: Date: FHWAC#: 39661

Lot of 30. Includes: Volcano Copper Gold & Silver MC (unused 1860s); Croesus Gold Mining & Milling Co. (Grass Valley); Ante Up MC (Alleghany...

Scarce dredging company stocks. Lot of 4 different. Included: Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields (1956, punch cancelled), South Yuba Mining & Smeltin...

Gold nugget pin, 1 1/8". Six medals: san Diego Federal Savings & Loan, 1885-1955, nice embossed image of miner; E. Clampus Vitus medal; Ban...

Lot of 6. All different. Includes: Veta Grande Mining Company (1921, cancelled), Selby Smelting & Lead Company (1907, cancelled), The Shasta May...

Gorgeous certificate. Inc. in California. No. 28623, issued for 5 shares to Bearer on April 26, 1902. Printed signature of the president. Live signatu

Great condition. Slide printed with, "Old miner with outfit, California." Used by the Chicago Public Schools. Very interesting piece and r...

Seven duplicate lithographs showing three miners: panning, using sluice box, and an arrasta. By RS Dogge. Two Bunker Hill lithographs thrown in for lu

Rare book: "Echoes of the Past about California" by General John Bidwell. "In the Camp and Cabin" by Rev. John Steele. Publishe...

Lot of 10 letters for this company made famous for its explosives in the 19th century. Nine of the letters are on letterhead from the Clipper Gap Mill

"Hunting for Gold" by Major William Downie, facsimile signature. "Reminisences (sic) of Personal Experience and Research in the Early...

Certificate No. 110 with six month interest coupons #2 (Jan. 1877) through #20 (Jan 1886) remaining intact. Interest at 7% per annum. Incorporated in

Photo of Mojave Desert Mine, possibly lower Randsburg. This settlement is located near the mine in which most of the people worked. the mine on the si

Lot of 5 different. Included: California King Gold Mines Company (1903, not cancelled, very ornate), Vanderbilt Mines Company (1933, not cancelled, th